Just read this in the Advocate this morning: Baptist minister charged with indecent exposure. On some level, I don’t want to feel sorry for him because he may had some role, however small, in perpetuating homophobia and uptightness about sex in general. I do feel sorry because A: he’s a victim of his own priggish mentality, and B: he will be out of work soon. He should have thought about B before doing this:
- Driving under the influence.
- Public urination at a carwash (especially in front of children).
- Wearing a skirt at the incident.
- Sexually propositioning (presumably male) police officers when they arrived at the scene.
He’ll probably get rushed off into ex-gay rehab, never to be heard from again.
Update: This video, “Ted Haggard is Completely Heterosexual” seems appropriate:
Tags: Advocate, Baptists, clergy, fundamentalism, gay rights, Roy Zimmerman, Ted Haggard, YouTube
